Latest 1250 Water cooled pics

I don't know why they're mucking about making it water cooled anyway:nenau, it's just more to go wrong and I like the GS just the way it is.:hide
 
Tunneruk said:
I spy cooling fins on those cylinders? :nenau
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Yes you're right. Apparently the heads is still air cooled but the water jacket encloses the cylinder. More here

BMW is very tight lipped and with reason. The R1200GS is a significant model in their range and they don't want to get the successor wrong or they loose sales to the competition. Hopefully we'll have a closer look at the NEC.

We have a bet going in the club if the new GS is going to be lighter or heavier than the old one. Maybe at the same time the drive shaft issues will be addressed with some more usable power and torque. 115bhp? I just hope it is the bike we all wanted BMW to make. They do read the forums you know so be careful about what you say when something goes boing due to your doing and expect BMW to fix it for free. Very reliable source on that one if a bit off topic.
 
tanneman said:
We have a bet going in the club if the new GS is going to be lighter or heavier than the old one. Maybe at the same time the drive shaft issues will be addressed with some more usable power and torque. 115bhp? I just hope it is the bike we all wanted BMW to make. They do read the forums you know so be careful about what you say when something goes boing due to your doing and expect BMW to fix it for free. Very reliable source on that one if a bit off topic.
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I'm hoping the weight is retained. But all the 'new' W/C bikes from Honda et al are heavy, too heavy IMHO. BMW have spent years pulling down the weight from the 1100s. I hope they don't undo all that work in a single hit.
 
Seems to be an ordinary centre stand to me - no bigger than the ones fitted to every GS produced to date. The angle of the photo has visually "joined" it to the pillion footpeg subframe is all.
 
tanneman said:
Yes you're right. Apparently the heads is still air cooled but the water jacket encloses the cylinder.
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As the most heat critical component is the exhaust valve located in the head that would surprise me a great deal. I suspect that there is a confusion in translation. The main cylinder head component will be water cooled but the camshaft covers will not be.

The move to water cooling has allowed the relocation of the exhaust to the underside of the cylinder which will mean less direct airflow at the exit from the head. Not good if it was still air cooled.
 
Packer said:
As the most heat critical component is the exhaust valve located in the head that would surprise me a great deal. I suspect that there is a confusion in translation. The main cylinder head component will be water cooled but the camshaft covers will not be.

The move to water cooling has allowed the relocation of the exhaust to the underside of the cylinder which will mean less direct airflow at the exit from the head. Not good if it was still air cooled.
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This 1,100bhp Can-Am Porsche 917/30 has an air-cooled boxer engine but it doesn't have exhaust valves hanging in the breeze!

:rolleyes:
 
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